Even Liverpool’s diehard fans know it. This is a shambolic shadow of the squad which so very nearly conquered the world last season.
Now they can’t even conquer a Leeds side visiting Anfield without a win in eight Premier League games, and with the pall of relegation already gathering around them.
Gone is the intensity of their belief which suffocated opponents into submission, to be replaced by a near desperation, which borders on the baffling. And that was no more harshly illustrated than the 90th minute winner for the Yorkshire club which seemed almost inevitable.
